WO2022209180A1 - 距離測定装置および距離測定システム - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a distance measuring device that generates a distance image from a plurality of section images obtained by dividing a target space to be imaged according to the distance.
- This distance measuring device irradiates a laser beam that repeatedly emits light with a predetermined pulse width, and receives the reflected light when the irradiated laser beam hits an object and reflects it, thereby calculating the round-trip time of the laser beam phase difference).
- TOF Time of Flight
- Patent Document 1 a light emitting period and a non-light emitting period are provided, and a distance measurement operation is performed by subtracting the pixel signal in the non-light emitting period from the pixel signal in the light emitting period. Also, by modulating the length of the light emitting period and the non-light emitting period, the influence of interference light from other distance measuring devices is suppressed.
- Patent Document 1 has a problem that the frame rate decreases because the light emission interval becomes longer.
- the present disclosure has been made in view of this point, and aims to reduce the influence of interference light in a distance measurement device without causing a decrease in frame rate.
- a distance measuring device includes: a light source that projects pulsed light toward a target space; a light receiving unit that receives light reflected by an object in the target space; A distance measurement control unit for selecting a distance measurement interval in which distance measurement is to be performed from among a plurality of distance measurement intervals set in response to the measurement, and controlling the projection timing of the light source and the light reception timing of the light receiving unit in accordance with the selected distance measurement interval.
- the ranging control unit has a random number generation unit that generates random number data for randomly selecting a ranging interval from the plurality of ranging intervals.
- a distance measuring device includes a light source that projects pulsed light toward a target space, a light receiving unit that receives light reflected by an object in the target space, and a distance to the target space. selecting a range-finding section in which range-finding is to be performed from among a plurality of range-finding sections set according to the distance measurement, and controlling the projection timing of the light source and the light-receiving timing of the light-receiving unit in accordance with the selected range-finding section A section image corresponding to the range-finding section selected by the ranging control section is generated from output signals from the control section and the light-receiving section, and a plurality of section images corresponding to the plurality of range-finding sections are synthesized. and a distance image generation unit for generating a distance image, wherein the ranging control unit generates random number data for randomly selecting a distance measurement interval from the plurality of distance measurement intervals.
- the ranging control unit can randomly select a ranging section for ranging from among a plurality of ranging sections set according to the distance to the target space. Therefore, even if there is a laser beam emitted from another distance measuring device, the influence of the reflected light can be dispersed over a plurality of distance measurement intervals, and the reflected light can be reflected in the interval image of a specific distance measurement interval. The probability of contamination can be greatly reduced. Moreover, since the range-finding interval for range-finding is selected at random, the light emission interval does not become long, and the frame period does not become long. Therefore, the influence of interference light can be reduced without lowering the frame rate.
- the random number generation unit may generate random number data such that each of the plurality of ranging intervals is selected once in each frame.
- the distance measurement control section can use the random number data generated by the random number generation section to give a random delay to the projection timing of the light source and the light reception timing of the light receiving section in the distance measurement section. It may be configured as follows.
- the random delay may be set within a range that does not extend the period for generating the interval image.
- the distance image generation unit includes an interference determination unit that determines whether there is an influence of interference light other than the pulsed light projected from the light source. Random number data may be generated when it is determined to be present.
- the influence can be reduced by randomly selecting the distance measurement section for distance measurement.
- the interference determination unit detects the influence of interference light when a signal equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold is detected in a section image obtained when the light receiving unit receives light in a non-light emitting state in which the light source does not project pulsed light. It may be determined that there is.
- the distance image generation unit includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of frames of a plurality of section images corresponding to the plurality of distance measurement sections, and the section images affected by the interference light are stored in the storage unit. Correction may be performed using the stored section images of the range-finding section in the preceding and following frames.
- a distance measurement system includes two or more distance measurement devices according to the aspect, and controls the operation of the random number generation unit included in the distance measurement control unit of the distance measurement device.
- a random number assignment control unit is provided.
- the random number assignment control unit may provide a pseudorandom number seed to the random number generation unit, and may change the seed in time series.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the distance measuring device according to the first embodiment.
- the distance measuring device 1 is a device that acquires information on the distance to an object using the TOF method (TOF: Time Of Flight) and outputs a distance image.
- TOF Time Of Flight
- the light source 11 is configured to project pulsed light toward the target space.
- the light receiving unit 12 is configured to receive light reflected by an object in the target space.
- the distance measurement control section 20 is configured to control the pulsed light projection operation of the light source 11 and the light receiving operation of the light receiving section 12 .
- the ranging control unit 20 sets a plurality of ranging sections (subranges, also simply referred to as sections) in the target space according to the distance. Then, a distance measurement interval in which distance measurement is to be performed is selected from a plurality of distance measurement intervals, and the timing at which the light source 11 projects the pulsed light and the light reception (exposure) by the light receiving unit 12 are determined according to the selected distance measurement interval. Control when to do it.
- the distance image generation section 30 generates a section image corresponding to the distance measurement section selected by the distance measurement control section 20 from the output signal of the light receiving section 12 . Then, a plurality of section images respectively corresponding to the plurality of ranging sections are synthesized to generate a distance image showing the distance value.
- the light source 11 is composed of, for example, a laser diode and outputs a pulsed laser.
- the light source 11 may be a light emitting diode (LED), a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), a halogen lamp, or the like, other than a laser diode.
- the pulsed light projected by the light source 11 preferably has a single wavelength, a relatively short pulse width, and a relatively high peak intensity. Further, the wavelength of the pulsed light is preferably in the near-infrared wavelength range, which has low human visibility and is less susceptible to ambient light.
- the light source 11 may include a projection optical system, such as a lens, for projecting pulsed light onto the target space.
- the light receiving unit 12 includes an imaging element 13 including a plurality of pixels and a pixel signal output unit 14. For example, an avalanche photodiode is arranged in each pixel of the imaging device 13 . Other photodetectors may be arranged in each pixel. Each pixel is configured to be switchable between an exposed state in which it receives reflected light and a non-exposed state in which it does not receive reflected light.
- the light receiving unit 12 outputs a pixel signal based on the reflected light received by each pixel in an exposed state.
- the light-receiving unit 12 may include a light-receiving optical system, such as a lens, for condensing the reflected light onto the light-receiving surface of the imaging element 13 .
- the ranging control unit 20 controls the timing of outputting light from the light source 11, the pulse width of the light output from the light source 11, and the like. Further, in the light receiving control of the light receiving unit 12, the distance measurement control unit 20 controls the exposure timing, the exposure time, etc. by controlling the operation timing of the transistor in each pixel of the image sensor 13. FIG. The exposure timing and exposure time may be the same for all pixels, or may be different for each pixel.
- the ranging control unit 20 includes a ranging section determination unit 21, a timing generation unit 22, and a random number generation unit 23.
- the distance measurement section determination unit 21 selects a distance measurement section for which distance measurement is to be performed from among a plurality of distance measurement sections set according to the distance to the target space.
- the timing generation unit 22 controls the timing at which the light source 11 projects the pulsed light and the timing at which the light receiving unit 12 performs (exposure) according to the selected ranging interval.
- the random number generating section 23 generates random number data so that the ranging section determining section 21 can randomly select a ranging section.
- the distance image generation unit 30 includes a section image storage unit 31 and a distance image output unit 32.
- the section image storage unit 31 acquires a section image representing reflected light in the distance measurement section from the pixel signals output from the light receiving section 12 .
- the acquired section images are stored in the section image storage unit 31 for a plurality of frames, for example.
- a frame is a period during which distance measurement is performed for all of a plurality of distance measurement intervals set for the target space, and one frame corresponds to one distance image.
- the distance image output unit 32 synthesizes a plurality of interval images acquired in one frame to generate and output a distance image.
- Fig. 2 is an example of a captured scene.
- distance measuring sections 1 to 5 are set in order from near to far.
- Cone OB1, cone OB2, soccer ball OB3, cone OB4, and person OB5 exist as objects in ranging sections 1 to 5, respectively.
- FIG. 3 shows an operation example of a typical TOF camera
- FIG. 4 shows an operation example of the TOF camera in this embodiment.
- the light emission pulse is a pulse for causing the light source 11 to emit light
- the reflection pulse is a pulse for causing the light receiving section 12 to be exposed.
- the time difference between the light emission pulse and the reflection pulse differs depending on the distance measurement section, the illustration is simplified in FIGS. 3 and 4.
- FIG. Also, the TOF cameras A and B are assumed to operate asynchronously.
- the TOF cameras A and B repeatedly select the range-finding section for range-finding from range-finding sections 1 to 5 in order.
- the period during which the TOF camera A performs distance measurement in the distance measurement section 1 and the period during which the TOF camera B performs distance measurement in the distance measurement section 3 overlap. Therefore, when the TOF camera A performs distance measurement in the distance measurement section 1, the light receiving section 12 may pick up the reflected light in the distance measurement section 3 by the TOF camera B. That is, there is a possibility that the reflected light from the soccer ball OB3 existing in the ranging section 3 in the imaging scene example of FIG. That is, the TOF camera A is affected by the interference light from the TOF camera B.
- the TOF cameras A and B randomly select the range-finding section for range-finding from the range-finding sections 1-5. Therefore, the frequency of overlap between the period in which TOF camera A measures the distance in range 1 and the period in which TOF camera B performs range 3 is significantly reduced. The probability that the light receiving unit 12 picks up the reflected light in the distance measurement section 3 by the TOF camera B when performing distance measurement is greatly reduced. TOF camera A is hardly affected by interference light from TOF camera B.
- FIG. 5 is an image example of a distance image output from the TOF camera A, where (a) is for typical driving (FIG. 3) and (b) is for this embodiment (FIG. 4).
- FIG. 5(a) in a typical drive pattern, reflected light from the TOF camera B is mixed in the distance measurement in the distance measurement section 1 with respect to the soccer ball OB3 in the distance measurement section 3. , the signal indicating the ranging section 1 is mixed.
- the distance measurement section in which distance measurement is performed is randomly selected, thereby greatly reducing the probability of the reflected light from the TOF camera B being mixed. Therefore, the signals are not mixed.
- FIG. 6 shows a setting example of light emission pulses and exposure pulses.
- the measurement range of distances 0 to Z (m) is divided into N (N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) distance measurement sections 1 to N. That is, the distance measurement range of section N is (N ⁇ 1)/N ⁇ Z(m) to Z(m).
- a time difference between the light emission pulse and the exposure pulse is set according to the distance for each of the ranging sections 1 to N. That is, the time difference between the light emission pulse and the exposure pulse is the shortest in the nearest distance measurement section 1, and the time difference between the light emission pulse and the exposure pulse gradually increases as the distance measurement section becomes farther. Letting the time difference in each distance measurement interval N be TdN, the following is obtained.
- one emission pulse and one exposure pulse are generated in one measurement period, but they may be generated a plurality of times.
- FIG. 6(a) is a typical driving example, in which the distance measurement sections are repeated in order from near to far.
- the ranging section 1 is measured (Ts1)
- ranging section 2 Ts2
- ranging section 3 Ts3
- ranging section N TsN
- FIG. 6(b) shows the present embodiment, in which the ranging section is randomly selected.
- the distance measurement interval 3 is measured first (Ts3), then the distance measurement interval N (TsN), the distance measurement interval 1 (Ts1), . . . , and finally the distance measurement interval 2 (Ts2). is measured. Therefore, the time difference between the light emission pulse and the exposure pulse varies randomly. Also, in frame F1, random selection is performed so that ranging sections 1 to N are selected once each.
- the frame period does not become longer than in the conventional case, and the frame rate does not decrease.
- the ranging control unit 20 randomly selects a ranging section for ranging from among a plurality of ranging sections set according to the distance to the target space. be able to. Therefore, even if there is a laser beam emitted from another distance measuring device, the influence of the reflected light can be dispersed over a plurality of distance measurement intervals, and the reflected light can be reflected in the interval image of a specific distance measurement interval. The probability of contamination can be greatly reduced. Moreover, since the range-finding interval for range-finding is selected at random, the light emission interval does not become long, and the frame period does not become long. Therefore, the influence of interference light can be reduced without lowering the frame rate.
- the light emission pulse start time may be randomly delayed.
- random number data generated by the random number generator 23 may be used.
- FIG. 7 shows a setting example of a plurality of light emission pulses and exposure pulses.
- FIG. 7(a) shows a typical driving example, in which the light emission pulse start time is not delayed.
- FIG. 7B shows this modified example, in which a delay is randomly added to the light emission pulse start time.
- the number of delay patterns of the light emission random start time is NLD-ran
- the effect of reducing the influence of interference light is proportional to 1/NLD-ran.
- k, l, and m are arbitrary 0 or positive integers equal to or less than the number of delay patterns NLD-ran of light emission random start time.
- the sub-range period TsN is as follows.
- TP is the average pulse period and NP is the number of pulses.
- TLD-ran the maximum light emission delay amount that can be allowed within one ranging interval is as follows.
- the exposure width TES is the exposure width and TCN is the count width. In order to maintain the frame rate, this maximum light emission delay amount TLD-ran must be positive.
- the exposure width TES can also be expressed as follows.
- the permissible light emission random delay pattern number NLD-ran is given by the following equation.
- the ranging control unit 20 uses the random number data generated by the random number generating unit 23 to give a random delay to the projection timing of the light source 11 and the light receiving timing of the light receiving unit 12 in the ranging interval.
- the random delay is preferably set within a range that does not extend the period for generating the interval image. This makes it possible to further reduce the influence of interference light without lowering the frame rate.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the distance measuring device according to the second embodiment.
- a distance measuring device 2 shown in FIG. 8 has substantially the same configuration as the distance measuring device 1 shown in FIG.
- the distance image generation section 30A includes an interference determination section 41 .
- the interference determination unit 41 determines whether there is an influence of interference light other than the pulsed light projected from the light source 11 .
- the ranging control unit 20 randomly selects a ranging section.
- FIG. 9 is an example of processing for determining whether or not there is an influence of interference light.
- the distance measurement control unit 20 causes the light receiving unit 12 to receive light in a non-light emitting state in which the light source 11 does not emit light (S11).
- the interference determination unit 41 acquires a segment image from the output of the light receiving unit 12, and detects the presence or absence of a signal equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold in this segment image (S12). This predetermined threshold may be set based on the signal value of the background image. When there is no signal equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value in the non-light-emitting segment image, the interference determination unit 41 determines that there is no interference (S13).
- the interference determination unit 41 determines whether or not a similar signal was detected in the past frame (S14). If not, it is determined that there is no interference.
- the interference determination unit 41 determines that there is an influence of interference light when similar signals are detected in past frames. Then, it is determined whether or not the order of distance measurement sections has already been randomly selected as shown in the first embodiment (S15). If it is not random, the distance measurement section is changed so as to be randomly selected (S16), and the process returns to S11. On the other hand, when the range-finding section has already been randomly selected, pixels with the possibility of interference are identified from the section image (S17).
- the distance measurement control unit 20 causes the light receiving unit 12 to receive light while the light source 11 is in the light emitting state (S18). Thereby, the section image of each ranging section can be acquired.
- the interference determining unit 41 has identified a pixel with the possibility of interference, the pixel in the section image is corrected (S19).
- FIG. 10 shows an example of correction when there is an influence of interference light.
- a signal S1 (I, x, y) exceeding a threshold value is detected in the dark image (image captured in the non-light emitting state) of the ranging section S1 as a result of imaging in the non-light emitting state.
- I is the brightness value of the pixel
- x and y are the coordinate values of the pixel. It is assumed that no signal exceeding the threshold value is detected in the dark image in the ranging sections S2 to S5.
- the signal S1 (I, x, y) is corrected to the signal S1 (I', x, y) in the section image of the ranging section S1.
- the luminance value I′ may be the luminance value in the non-interference state of the preceding and subsequent frames or the luminance value of the background image.
- FIG. 11 shows an example of the influence of interference light when the ranging section is randomly selected.
- the probability that the section image will become abnormal due to interference light is low, and in most cases a normal section image can be obtained. Therefore, an abnormal section image due to interference light can be corrected using the section images of the range-finding section in the preceding and succeeding frames.
- the distance image generation unit 30A includes the interference determination unit 41 that determines the presence or absence of the influence of interference light other than the pulsed light projected from the light source 11, and the distance measurement control unit 20 , when the interference determination unit 41 determines that there is an influence of the interference light, random selection of the range-finding section is performed. As a result, when there is an influence of interference light, the influence can be reduced by randomly selecting a range-finding section in which distance measurement is performed.
- FIG. 12 is a configuration example of a distance measurement system according to the embodiment.
- the distance measurement system of FIG. 12 has two distance measurement devices 51 and 52 .
- Distance measuring devices 51 and 52 have the same configuration as in FIG.
- the distance measurement system of FIG. 12 also includes a random number assignment controller 53 that controls the operation of the random number generators 23 provided in the distance measurement devices 51 and 52, respectively.
- the random number generator 23 has a linear feedback shift register and generates pseudorandom number data.
- the random number provision control unit 53 provides the pseudorandom number seed to the random number generation unit 23 .
- the random number assignment control unit 53 may change the seed of the pseudorandom number in time series.
- the distance measuring device can reduce the influence of interference light without lowering the frame rate, it is useful for improving the performance and operating speed of TOF cameras, for example, detecting and tracking objects (people). It can be used for a monitoring camera system, a system for detecting obstacles mounted on a vehicle, and the like.
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本開示の一態様に係る距離測定装置は、対象空間に向けて、パルス光を投射する光源と、前記対象空間に内の物体による反射光を受光する受光部と、前記対象空間に対して距離に応じて設定した複数の測距区間の中から、測距を行なう測距区間を選択し、選択した前記測距区間に従って、前記光源の投射タイミングおよび前記受光部の受光タイミングを制御する測距制御部と、前記受光部の出力信号から、前記測距制御部が選択した前記測距区間に対応する区間画像を生成し、前記複数の測距区間にそれぞれ対応する複数の区間画像を合成して、距離画像を生成する距離画像生成部と、を備え、前記測距制御部は、前記複数の測距区間の中からランダムに測距区間を選択するための乱数データを生成する乱数生成部を有する。
図1は第1実施形態に係る距離測定装置の構成を示すブロック図である。図1に示す距離測定装置1は、光源11と、受光部12と、測距制御部20と、距離画像生成部30と、を備える。距離測定装置1は、TOF法(TOF: Time Of Flight)を利用して物体までの距離の情報を取得し、距離画像を出力する装置である。
また、図6では、1つの測定期間において、発光パルスと露光パルスを1回ずつ発生させているが、複数回発生させてもかまわない。
干渉光の影響を低減するために、発光パルス開始時間にランダムに遅延を付すようにしてもよい。これには、乱数発生部23が生成する乱数データを利用すればよい。
ここで、1つの測距区間内で許容できる発光最大遅延量TLD-ranは、次のようになる。
さらに、上式は、数1~数4の式を用いて以下のように変形できる。
図8は第2実施形態に係る距離測定装置の構成を示すブロック図である。図8に示す距離測定装置2は、図1の距離測定装置1とほぼ同様の構成である。ただし、距離画像生成部30Aは、干渉判定部41を備える。干渉判定部41は、光源11から投射されるパルス光以外の、干渉光の影響の有無を判定する。測距制御部20は、干渉判定部41によって干渉光の影響有りと判定されたとき、測距区間のランダム選択を行う。
上述した実施形態に係る距離測定装置を、2台以上用いて、距離測定システムを構成してもよい。図12は実施形態に係る距離測定システムの構成例である。図12の距離測定システムは、2台の距離測定装置51,52を備える。距離測定装置51,52は、図8と同様の構成を有している。また、図12の距離測定システムは、距離測定装置51,52がそれぞれ備える乱数発生部23の動作を、それぞれ制御する乱数付与制御部53を備える。これにより、例えば、距離測定装置51,52が行う測距区間のランダム選択が、同一パターンに陥ってしまい、干渉光の影響が大きくなってしまう、といった問題を回避することができる。
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- 対象空間に向けて、パルス光を投射する光源と、
前記対象空間内の物体による反射光を受光する受光部と、
前記対象空間に対して距離に応じて設定した複数の測距区間の中から、測距を行なう測距区間を選択し、選択した前記測距区間に従って、前記光源の投射タイミングおよび前記受光部の受光タイミングを制御する測距制御部と、
前記受光部の出力信号から、前記測距制御部が選択した前記測距区間に対応する区間画像を生成し、前記複数の測距区間にそれぞれ対応する複数の区間画像を合成して、距離画像を生成する距離画像生成部と、を備え、
前記測距制御部は、前記複数の測距区間の中からランダムに測距区間を選択するための乱数データを生成する乱数発生部を有する
距離測定装置。 - 請求項1記載の距離測定装置において、
前記乱数発生部は、各フレームにおいて、前記複数の測距区間が1度ずつ選択されるように、乱数データを生成する
距離測定装置。 - 請求項1記載の距離測定装置において、
前記測距制御部は、前記乱数発生部が生成する乱数データを用いて、前記測距区間における前記光源の投射タイミングおよび前記受光部の受光タイミングに、ランダムな遅延を与えることが可能なように構成されている
距離測定装置。 - 請求項3記載の距離測定装置において、
前記ランダムな遅延は、前記区間画像を生成するための期間を延長しない範囲で、設定される
距離測定装置。 - 請求項1記載の距離測定装置において、
前記距離画像生成部は、
前記光源から投射されるパルス光以外の、干渉光の影響の有無を判定する干渉判定部を備え、
前記乱数発生部は、前記干渉判定部によって干渉光の影響有りと判定されたとき、乱数データを生成する
距離測定装置。 - 請求項5記載の距離測定装置において、
前記干渉判定部は、
前記光源がパルス光を投射しない非発光状態において前記受光部が受光を行ったときの区間画像において、所定の閾値以上の信号が検出されたとき、干渉光の影響有りと判定する
距離測定装置。 - 請求項6記載の距離測定装置において、
前記距離画像生成部は、
前記複数の測距区間にそれぞれ対応する複数の区間画像を、複数フレーム分、保存する記憶部を備え、
干渉光の影響がある区間画像を、前記記憶部に保存された前後のフレームにおける当該測距区間の区間画像を用いて、補正する
距離測定装置。 - 請求項1記載の距離測定装置を、2台以上備える距離測定システムであって、
前記距離測定装置の前記測距制御部が有する乱数発生部の動作をそれぞれ制御する乱数付与制御部を備える
距離測定システム。 - 請求項8記載の距離測定システムにおいて、
前記乱数付与制御部は、前記乱数発生部に疑似乱数の種を与えるものであり、かつ、前記種を時系列で変化させる
距離測定システム。
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